Tuesday, July 8, 2008

Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't celebrate the 15-year anniversary

Congress should repeal the "don't ask, don't tell" law because the presence ofgays in the military is unlikely to undermine the ability to fight and win,according to a new study released by a California-based research center.

and:

"Evidence shows that allowing gays and lesbians to serve openly is unlikely topose any significant risk to morale, good order, discipline or cohesion," theofficers states.

To support its contention, the panel points to the Britishand Israeli militaries, where it says gay people serve openly without hurtingthe effectiveness of combat operations.

I've never understood "Don't Ask, Don't Tell." Partially, I've never understood the homophobic "undermine unit morale" argument because it sells short our military and assumes their incapable of putting any differences aside -may as well re-segregate if you follow that argument.

Mostly, though, I always thought that if Clinton was going to broach the topic that he shoulda said "Hey, I'm chief now. Toe the line." Just pushed it through instead of a wimpy, "Hey, you know and I know" compromise like that policy. I also never understood the shortsightedness of throwing gay translators of Arabic out of the military (and revoking their security clearances and all) in the middle of A FUCKING WAR.

But, I've never been enough of a "Cut your nose of to spite your face" type...

I also worry about what our talking head "Culture Warriors" on channels like Fox News are going to say about this. They'll probably take offense to be compared to the Israeli and British militaries...

Anyhow, I am very enthused to see some sensible recommendations coming out about this ridonkulous policy.

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